TIMELINE OF... WARS OF THE ROSES

Mar 19, 20182 minutes

“THE RESULTING CLASH AT TOWTON IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST AND BLOODIEST BATTLE FOUGHT ON BRITISH SOIL”

22 May 1455

FIRST BATTLE OF ST ALBANS

The wars officially begin when a force led by Richard, Duke of York is intercepted at St Albans by a Lancastrian army including Henry VI and Edmund, Duke of Somerset. The battle is unconventionally fought in the streets. The Yorkists eventually prevail, Henry VI